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POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY. 



and a world somewhat weary of world 

 fairs is arousing itself to an active in- 

 terest in the St. Louis Exposition. Of 

 most immediate scientific concern is 

 the Congress of Arts and Sciences, 

 described by Professor Hugo Miinster- 

 berg, of Harvard University, in the 

 Atlantic Monthly for May. j 



some protest against the scheme from 

 men of science, as it is difficult to 

 draw the line between demonstrating 

 the unity of knowledge and illustrating 

 the tenets of Professor Mlinsterberg's 

 system of philosophy. The catalogue 

 of Harvard University or the names of 

 our national scientific societies would 



Educational Building, Louisiana Purchase Exposition. 



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University Hall, Washington University, Executive Building of 

 THE Louisiana Purchase Exposition. 



Professor Miinsterberg tells us that 

 he proposed to substitute for the con- 

 geries of international congresses which 

 have formed a part of recent world 

 fairs a single congress demonstrating 

 the unity of hinnan knowledge, and 

 that his plan has been adopted in all 

 its details. There will doubtless be 



give a more objective classification of 

 the sciences. 



Professor Miinsterberg divides the 

 sciences into seven groups, of which 

 four are theoretical and three practical. 

 The theoretical sciences are normative 

 (philosopliy and mathematics), histor- 

 ical ( which do not deal with the 



